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Chapter IX239“The Son of Man,” who is he?The Holy Quran presents to us the true Jesus Christ (pbuh) as “the Son of Mary;” and the Holy Gospels, too, present him to us as “the Son of Mary;” but that Gospel which was written on the while tablets of the heart of Jesus (pbuh) and delivered to his disciples and followers orally - alas! - was soon adulterated with a mass of myth and legend. “The Son of Mary” becomes “the Son of Joseph (pbuh) ,” having brothers and sisters. [1] Then he becomes “the Son of David (pbuh) ;” [2] “the Son of Man,” [3] “the Son of God;” [4] “the Son” only; [5] “the Christ;” [6] and “the Lamb.” [7]Many years ago, one day I visited the Exeter Hall in London; I was a Catholic priest then; nolens volens, I was conducted to the Hall where a young medical gentleman began to preach to a meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Association. “I repeat what I have often said,” exclaimed the doctor, “Jesus (pbuh) Christ must be either what he claims to be in the Gospel or he must be the greatest impostor the world has ever seen!” I have never forgotten this dogmatizing statement. What he wanted to say was that Jesus (pbuh) was either the Son of God or the greatest impostor. If you accept the[1] Matt. xiii. 55, 56; Mark vi. 3; iii. 31; Luke ii. 48; viii. 19-21; John ii. 12; vii. 3, 5; Acts i. 14; 1 cor. ix. 5; Gal. i. 19; Jude i.[2] Matt. xxii. 42; Mark xii. 35; Luke xx. 41, Matt. xx. 30; ix. 27; xxi. 9; Acts xiii. 22, 23; Apoc. V. 5; Rom. xv. 12; Heb. vii. 14,etc.[3] About eighty-three times in the discourses of Jesus this appellation is repeated.[4] Matt. xiv. 32, xvi. 16; John xi. 27; Acts ix. 20; 1 John iv. 15; v. 5; Heb. i. 2, 5, etc.[5] John (pbuh) v. 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, etc.; and in the Baptismal formula, Matt.xxviii. 19; John i. 34, etc.[6] Matt. xvi. 16, and frequently in the Epistles.[7] John i, 29, 36; and often in the Revelation.